Candidates competing to represent El Paso's 16th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives will face off today.

The "Congressional Forum 2012" will start at 11 a.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel, 600 N. El Paso St. Scheduled to take part are Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, former El Paso city Rep. Beto O'Rourke, educator and former Army officer Jerome Tilghman and retiree Ben Mendoza. The event is sponsored by the El Paso Central Business Association. For more information, call 533-2656.